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Here you find current news about plastic packaging, recycling and circular economy – from business and politics as well as from associations and the media. This newsroom is maintained by the Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. and PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V., two of the largest interest groups of the plastics industry in Germany.
For more recycled material in the PET material cycle
For many people, PET bottles are a symbol of the pollution of the world’s oceans and the death of thousands of seabirds and marine mammals. P [...]
Dr Markus Steilemann, Covestro’s CEO becomes new President of PlasticsEurope
PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade association representing plastics manufacturers, today announced the appointment of Dr Markus Steilemann, Ch [...]
The Plastic Packaging Industry’s Path to a Circular Economy
The European Green Deal and thus also the circular economy will be a decisive pillar of European politics in the coming years. In its action plan o [...]
Plastics specialists in the fight against coronavirus
As difficult as the times may be during the coronavirus pandemic, the support available in the fight against the virus is as diverse. [...]
Sustainable plastic packaging honored with the PackTheFuture Award 2020
Paris, Bad Homburg, May 12, 2020: 58 entries, 14 nominees and 10 award winners – this is the positive outcome of the PackTheFuture Award 2020 [...]
From capacity limits to short-time working: Corona affects manufacturers of plastic packaging in many different ways
Bad Homburg, May 4, 2020 – The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen asked its member companies at the end of April in a survey for [...]
